"Is it to these folk here at Condillac ?" he asked.

Garnache nodded.

"And they would pay--these people that seek our service would pay you fifty pistoles ?" "They seek my service only, as yet.

They might seek yours were I to speak for you." "And you will, compatriot.

You will, will you not?
We are comrades, we are friends, and we are fellow-countrymen in a strange land.